Lawrence Hall

The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Theology in the Head - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Theology in the Head They aren’t the Jordan, the waters of the head Unles...

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The Reveille Summer of 1967 - Summer

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com The Reveille Summer of 1967 June 0200 on the First Day of Boot Camp ...

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Recruit Training: I Wasn't Rich, But I Jingled When I Marched - poem for Veterans' Day / Remembrance Day

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Recruit Training - I Wasn’t Rich, But I Jingled When I Marched Dog tags fo...

Sunday, April 8, 2018

We Were Speaking of Trigger Warnings and Alarm Clocks - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com In Mixed Meter, A Meditation Upon Alarm Clocks The healing sleep of which Macbeth spoke enviously… ...

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Remembrance Day / Veterans' Day 2 - Would You Like a Downgrade? - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Remembrance Day / Veterans' Day 2 Would You Like a Downgrade? I. “Everything I own I’m carryi...

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Pick up Your Brass - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Pick up Your Brass The rubrics of the firing range are clear And most importantly, pick up your brass...

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About This Not-Really Reactionary

Lawrence Hall, HSG: Y'r 'umble scrivener knows how to milk cows (altho' he long ago swore to own no livestock larger than dachshunds), build fences, clear brush, and cut firewood. After 18 months in Viet-Nam and Cambodia he worked his way through university as an ambulance driver, nurses' aide, and then LVN. BA in History, University of San Diego, 1976; MEd, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1984; MA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2002. He also taught school, but that makes him a class (no pun) enemy just now. He has been rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America.

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